Proposal for a single permanent employment contract for everyone

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1. The bill, introduced by the Unión Progreso y Democracia party, would create a single permanent employment contract and eliminate all other types of contracts, except substitution contracts (interinidad, used to replace a worker entitled to keep their job).
2. The single contract would carry a severance payment that grows with years worked: 12 days of salary for the first year, plus two more days per year of service up to a maximum of 24 days per year. If a dismissal is declared unfair, the payment would be 22 days for the first year, rising to 34 days per year with a cap of 24 months of salary.
3. The contract could include an objective ground for ending it tied to the completion of a specific work project or service, which must be stated in writing and allowed by the collective agreement. That ground could not be used beyond two years, extendable by twelve more months by agreement.
4. The single contract could start with a trial period (for people with a degree or a professional certificate) or a training period, with rules on length, pay and limits. Once the period ends, the general rules of the single contract would apply and the time would count toward seniority.
5. Part-time contracts would be adapted to the single contract: they must be in writing, part-time workers would have the same rights as full-time workers (proportional to hours worked), and switching between full-time and part-time would always be voluntary for the worker.
6. Labor inspection would be strengthened: its violation reports finding a contract set up in fraud of the law could be directly enforced at the worker's request. In addition, contracts with a project-completion ground would pay an extra two percentage points of Social Security contributions to fund unemployment benefits, and collaboration work lasting more than six months a year with fake self-employed workers would be presumed to be employment.

Words worth knowing

Interinidad (substitution contract)

A contract to replace a worker who is entitled to keep their job while absent.

Indemnización por despido (severance pay)

Money the company pays the worker when the contract ends.

Convenio colectivo (collective agreement)

An agreement negotiated by unions and employers that sets working conditions for a sector or company.

Certificado de profesionalidad (professional certificate)

An official document proving a person is qualified to do a specific trade or job.

Falso autónomo (fake self-employed worker)

Someone registered as self-employed who actually works for a company like an employee.

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